Homalotylus varicolorus Krishnachaitanya & Manickavasagam, 2016

Zu, Guohao, Xue, Hao, Wang, Haiyang, Zhen, Wenquan & Huang, Dawei, 2023, Description of three new species and new distributional data for three species of Homalotylus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1184, pp. 273-289 : 273

Homalotylus varicolorus Krishnachaitanya & Manickavasagam, 2016

Figs 38-43 , 44-49

Homalotylus varicolorus Krishnachaitanya, Manickavasagam & Abhinav, 2016: 2373, 2380-2382. Holotype ♀, India, EDAU, not examined.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi), India.

Material examined.

17♀, 16♂, China, Guangxi Province, Qinzhou City, Beibu Gulf University , 21°53'53"N, 108°36'56"E, c. 24 m, 21.IV.2019 - 19.IV.2020, Wen-quan Zhen, Malaise trapping .

Diagnosis.

This is the first record from China. The specimens agree very well with the description of H. varicolorus , but a minor difference should be noted. In our specimens ovipositor 1.57 × as long as mid tibia, whilst in the original description of H. varicolorus ovipositor 2.19 × as long as mid tibia.

Figures

Figures 38 - 43. Homalotylus varicolorus Krishnachaitanya & Manickavasagam, 2016, female 38 head 39 antenna 40 mesosoma and metasoma 41 fore wing 42 hind wing 43 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.

Figures 44 - 49. Homalotylus varicolorus Krishnachaitanya & Manickavasagam, 2016, male 44 head 45 antenna 46 mesosoma and metasoma 47 fore wing 48 hind wing 49 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.